rebuilding permits<\/a> were issued as of Thursday\u00a0while 1,425 properties\u2019 rebuilding plans were approved in the Eaton Fire burn scar area.<\/p>\nNBC Los Angeles has followed the three families to see what their rebuilding journey has produced during a 12-month period.<\/p>\n
Ted Koerner: Home fully rebuilt<\/p>\n
Ted Koerner\u2019s home on East Loma Alta Drive was the first to get a certificate of occupancy in December 2025, allowing him to move into this fully rebuilt home in the Eaton Fire zone,<\/p>\n
\u201cTo stand in front of a picture window now and see the sun on the ocean and a full sunset \u2013 it\u2019s quiet, and we\u2019re home. It\u2019s very overwhelming,\u201d said Koerner.<\/p>\n
The homeowner said his rebuilding process involved \u201ca lot of phone calls\u201d to Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n
\u201cHelp, please,\u201d Koerner recalled his conversations with county representatives. \u201cYou can only wait so many days when every second of every minute is just being lost.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he fronted over $700,000 out of his retirement fund to rebuild before insurance payout.<\/p>\n
Koerner\u2019s advice to other wildfire survivors: Pick up the phone every day. Every day. Get up early.<\/p>\n
Al and Charlotte Bailey<\/p>\n
The Baileys have been living in an RV on their property across the street from Ted Koerner after losing their home of 41 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The couple, who only recently received approval to move ahead with their rebuild plans, said when Koerner\u2019s home was rebuilt, they celebrated with him.<\/p>\n
The Baileys\u2019 advice for others in the rebuilding process: It\u2019s a slow process, and you have to have the faith that everybody has genuine interest at heart.<\/p>\n
Shelene Hearring\u2019s martial arts studio<\/p>\n
When Shelene Hearring\u2019s \u201cTwo Dragons Martial Arts\u201d studio on Lake Avenue was destroyed, she tried everything she could to raise funds to buy the property to save the business.<\/p>\n
Before time ran out, a local non-profit called Greenline Housing Foundation stepped in to buy it for her and purchased it for $475,000.<\/p>\n
Once the redevelopment is complete, Greenline is hoping to sell it to Hearring for less, Jasmin Shupper with the nonprofit said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Altadena communities are trying to restore their lives and homes a year after the Eaton Fire, many…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":502692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[21053,1582,276,2809,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-502691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-altadena","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-wildfires","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115862687360425668","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}